Season 23 - Week 4

Here is ABC's Press release for Week 4:


The Spectacle of Cirque Du Soleil® Night Comes to ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ October 3





“Episode 2304” – One of the biggest shows “Dancing with the Stars” has ever put on will unfold on the ballroom floor, as the 11 remaining celebrities perform big spectacle dances for Cirque du Soleil® night, on “Dancing with the Stars,” live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network. Each couple will perform a dance inspired by a Cirque du Soleil show, while Cirque du Soleil acrobats, aerialists, dancers and fire stick performers perform alongside them. Get ready to witness a night of pure magical entertainment as the couples dance to such Cirque du Soleilshows as KÀ, Zumanity, KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities, PARAMOUR, Michael Jackson ONE, “O,” The Beatles LOVE, Mystère and La Nouba.

Each Couple Will Dance to the Following Cirque du Soleil Shows (in alphabetical order):


Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds & Allison Holker – The Beatles LOVE

Marilu Henner & Derek Hough – KÀ

Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – Michael Jackson ONE

James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess – PARAMOUR

Calvin Johnson Jr. & Lindsay Arnold – KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities

Terra Jolé & Sasha Farber – “O”

Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko – The Beatles LOVE

Ryan Lochte & Cheryl Burke – ”O”

Maureen McCormick & Artem Chigvintsev – Mystère

Amber Rose & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Zumanity

Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) & Witney Carson – La Nouba

No couples will be eliminated on this episode. 
 
“Episode 2304A” – The third elimination of the season will take place on “Dancing with the Stars: The Results,” live, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network. DNCE will perform their new single, “Body Moves,” and there will be an all-male dance number in which the male pros of “Dancing with the Stars” perform to the song “Ain’t No Sunshine.” In addition, Derek Hough will choreograph and dance to a special number. Never-before-seen footage, backstage conversations, additional judges’ reactions and a recap of the amazing performances from the first ever Cirque du Soleil night will also be shown.

At the end of the night, the third elimination of the season, based on combined viewer and judges’ scores from October 3, will take place.

Hosted by two-time Emmy-winning host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews (sports host and “Dancing with the Stars” season 10 finalist), “Dancing with the Stars” is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including head judge, Len Goodman, dancers/choreographers Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Julianne Hough. 

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I have only a passing familiarity with Cirque d' Soleil, and I couldn't tell you anything about any of their specific shows.  But this sounds like it will be a fun way for the pros to exercise some creativity.  Sounds like everything will fall under the freestyle/contemporary/jazz heading?  Anyway, I think it sounds like fun. 

Most everyone did quite well last night. 

Val looked adorable doing MJ and Laurie looked like a pro.  Standout of the night.

The other standout was Allison shoving and pulling Babyface from spot to spot.  I really couldn't follow a dance of any kind.

Julianne's captured comment about Amber's dance last week reflected my own.  I found it vulgar.  This week, it was about dancing and I thought she did well.  I simply didn't appreciate Maks having to climb on top of her at the end. 

I have nothing against Jana, and she seems to dance well.  But she doesn't wow me like Laurie or James.

There was quite a transformation between rehearsal and final performance for Maureen and Marilu.

I agree, Singly.  I didn't honestly know what was wrong with Babyface's dance, but it just seemed so terribly off.  Everyone else did quite well, I thought.

Laurie/Val with that Michael Jackson was the standout of the night.  Laurie absolutely killed it!!  Fantastic!  I thought James was great as was Calvin.  I was surprised they scored him so (comparatively) low.

I wouldn't have given Terra a 9, but I enjoyed her dance.  Sasha does a wonderful job with her.  I thought Ryan did well tonight, too.  Probably his best dance. 

Overall, I thought this was a great evening.  I really enjoyed that theme. 

I have no idea who will go home tonight.  I hate when they spring a surprise double elimination.  Babyface should go home, but after that, I have no idea.

You didn't miss much, SLA.  Allison choreographed a tango that depended on spotlights.  Their pace was supposed to keep them in the spot as one went off and the next went on.  They spent a lot of time in the dark.  It ended up looking like a race for the light.  I find I'm not very charitable when it comes to Allison.  She's still a showboat.

The first time I saw the dance, I thought it was Allison's choreography that made it look so frantic.  I think her choreography was still the problem, but it was a problem because Babyface couldn't get it down correctly.  When they replayed it last night, I saw for the first time how off his footwork was.  He just messed up time after time, which is why they were always racing for the light.  I think a more experienced ballroom pro would have known she needed to change the choreo for him.  I suspect that had he been able to master it, the dance would have looked great.

I would have preferred to see Marilu leave last night instead of Vanilla Ice.  She seemed to have peaked the second week with the Taxi dance and started going downhill from there.  The last two weeks she's been stiff and seemingly ill-at-ease in her dancing.  Vanilla Ice, on the other hand, seemed to me to be improving, and I thought his dance this week was pretty good.  But he probably doesn't have the fanbase that Marilu does, and from things I've heard it sounds like he's got something in his past that people aren't ready to let go of yet.  Since I didn't know him at all except for that one song, I liked him just fine, and he seemed to have a good attitude and was working hard. 

Next week apparently is sob story week.    Honestly, this is one theme I wish they'd let go.  Most of the time it's played for sympathy, once in a while it's kind of creepy, and contestants without a sob story seem to get lost in the shuffle.